Graphene gazing gives glimpse of foundations of universe
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have used graphene to measure an important and mysterious fundamental constant - and glimpse the foundations of the universe.
Working memory has limited 'slots'
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A new study by researchers at UC Davis shows how our very short-term "working memory," which allows the brain to stitch together sensory information, operates. The system retains a limited number of high-resolution ...
Researchers find pre-Clovis human DNA
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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DNA from dried human excrement recovered from Oregon's Paisley Caves is the oldest found yet in the New World -- dating to 14,300 years ago, some 1,200 years before Clovis culture -- and provides apparent ...
A coffee with your doughnut could protect against Alzheimer's disease
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A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer's disease. A study in the open access publication, Journal of Neuroinflammation revealed that caffeine equivalent ...
Nano-sized technology has super-sized effect on tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Anyone facing chemotherapy would welcome an advance promising to dramatically reduce their dose of these often harsh drugs. Using nanotechnology, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...
Are animals stuck in time?
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Dog owners, who have noticed that their four-legged friend seem equally delighted to see them after five minutes away as five hours, may wonder if animals can tell when time passes. Newly published research from The University ...
Stem cell breakthrough offers diabetes hope
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Scientists have discovered a new technique for turning embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic tissue in what could prove a significant breakthrough in the quest to find new treatments for diabetes.
Climate change -- research suggests it is not a swindle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2008 |
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New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity ...
ATV Jules Verne automated ship docks to the ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2008 |
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ATV Jules Verne, the European Space Agency’s first resupply and reboost vehicle, has successfully performed a fully automated docking with the International Space Station (ISS). This docking marks the beginning ...
New and deadly viruses passed through sweet food and domestic animals
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Nipah virus is a new and deadly brain and lung disease that emerged from Singapore and Malaysia ten years ago. It is now spreading into rural India and Bangladesh killing up to three-quarters of the people who become infected ...
Web 2.0: Opening up, or dumbing down?
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Are Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and other Web 2.0 giants the scourge of American culture, laying waste to its 20th-century institutions and dumbing down society?
Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
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Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very ...
Hybrid computer materials may lead to faster, cheaper technology
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A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. A University of Missouri researcher, as part ...
Feta cheese made from raw milk has natural anti-food-poisoning properties
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Eating Feta cheese made from raw milk in small seaside tavernas when you are on holiday in Greece could be a good way to combat food poisoning, according to researchers speaking today at the Society for General Microbiology’s ...
One large organic shade-grown coffee, please -- with extra bats
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If you get a chance to sip some shade-grown Mexican organic coffee, please pause a moment to thank the bats that helped make it possible. At Mexican organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned, ...
